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Using -ing after preposition "for"

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Latest post Fri, Dec 1 2006 4:32 AM by Anonymous. 2 replies.
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Anonymous  +  299364 Thu, 30 Nov 06 10:40 PM

The grammatical rule is that after a preposition one should use the -ing form. Why then the sentence: "I came to this university for studying English" is incorrect? 

Thanks!
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nona the brit  +  299384 Fri, 01 Dec 06 01:15 AM

You are correct that 'studying' would follow 'for'.

However, the sentence is incorrect as you should have said 'I came to this university to study English'.
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Anonymous, 3 yr 111 days ago
very well ,thanks a lot
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